Funny you should bring up the Lord warning us not to take certain prescribed medication.  He’s warned Richard numerous times not to take certain medications, or to cease taking certain medications, and after looking up side effects of these meds on the Internet, we found that they are extremely harmful.
 
After I quit smoking (6/2/06), I began to put on weight, like most people do.  I got tired of the extra weight gain, so I called my doctor and asked him if he could prescribe me an appetite suppressant which didn’t contain speed.  So he did, but like usual, I checked the Internet for side effects before getting the prescription filled.  Sure enough, the side effects were horrendous, so I didn’t bother getting it filled.

Several years ago, Richard & I purchased a capsule maker and began buying our natural herbs in bulk (usually 1 pound bags), then he bought an Herbal Encyclopedia that tells him how much of, and which ingredients, to include in the capsules for the desired result. He had bought me at one time a pound of Ephedra and some other ingredients that the Encyclopedia said to mix with it for suppressing appetite.  I began taking one each morning with the rest of my pills before going to work about a month ago, and they worked great.  There was no problem with sleepiness or the normal problems with appetite suppressants due to the fact that I am hyperactive anyway (have been my whole life), which causes most meds to have the reverse effect on me that the have on most. Well, everything was going just fine until about a week ago, when I began having joint pain in my lower ribs, my neck, and most especially in my lower back.

I didn’t think a whole lot of it, figuring it was probably arthritis due to the fact that I’m 55, and that I had that horrendous accident last June, and got jerked around so much.  But by this past Tuesday, it had gotten so bad in my lower back that I could barely walk!  I was OK as long as I was sitting (fortunately, since I drive 3 hours a day!), but if I had to stand up, it killed my lower back!  Richard told me maybe it was the Ephedra or some of the other ingredients in the capsules that were causing joint pains.  I couldn’t find anything like that on the Internet, but God often speaks to me through Richard.  I have a feeling that He was wanting me off the diet pills because they were going to begin harming me in some way or another.

So I didn’t take one yesterday and today, and already my back is feeling WAY better!  HalleluYAH, I’m sure glad He warns us!
 

Love from your sister in Yahshua!

Peggy
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